| LC control no. | n 91080751 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Whitcomb, James, 1795-1852 |
| Variant(s) | Whitcomb, J. (James), 1795-1852 Indianian, 1795-1852 |
| See also | Chief executive of: Indiana. Governor (1843-1848 : Whitcomb) |
| Associated place | Indiana |
| Located | Bloomington (Ind.) |
| Birth date | 1795 |
| Death date | 1852-10-04 |
| Profession or occupation | Senators Governors |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Indiana State Library for Brown, A.H. Papers, 1830-1901 (Whitcomb, James) His J. Whitcomb will be happy to see the honorable members of the legislature, and his fellow citizens ... at his residence, 1848. Biog. dir. U.S. Congress, 1989 (Whitcomb, James, 1795-1852; U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1849-1852; governor of Ind., 1843-1849; lawyer; Commissioner of General Land Office, 1836-1841; Ind. state senator, 1830-1836; born Vt., moved to Ky., then Ind.) MWA/NAIP files (hdg.: Whitcomb, James, 1795-1852; usage: J. Whitcomb; Indianian) Governor's message : delivered to the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, December 4, 1844: page 106 (James Whitcomb, Executive Chamber) IN.gov website, January 2, 2019 (James Whitcomb, Governor of Indiana, December 6, 1843-December 26, 1848; born in Vermont, moved to Kentucky, and graduated from Transylvania University; studied law and admitted to the bar in Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1822, before settling in Bloomington, Indiana in 1824; served in the Indiana Senate from 1830 to 1836; President Jackson appointed him commissioner of the General Land Office, a position which he held until 1841; elected governor in 1843; re-elected; resigned as governor in December 1848 upon his election to the United States Senate, where he served until his death on October 4, 1852) <https://www.in.gov/history/2739.htm> |
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